Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hitched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hitching}.]
1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to
make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a
halter.
2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
{To hitch up}.
(a) To fasten up.
(b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up
his trousers.
(c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the
gray mare. [Colloq.]
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